Cross-country rally

Rally raid, also known as cross-country rallying is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. Each day may require traveling up to 900 kilometres (560 mi). The length of the event can be 3–15 days. Examples of rally raid races include the Paris-Dakar Rally, Budapest-Bamako TransAnatolia Rally Raid, Hellas Rally Raid in Greece, Rallye des Pharaons, Central Europe Rally, Spanish Baja, Raid De Himalaya, Coast to Coast Rally,Klang-Sabak Rally Raid and Russian Baja Northern Forest.

The first African rally raid run was the Côte-Côte Rally, first held in December 1976.

While off-road Rally Raiding is dominated by the Dakar Rally, a multiple event World Cup exists, the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup and FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. For amateurs the Budapest-Bamako has been considered the world's largest amateur rally raid spanning two continents and 9000 kilometers.

Navigation is accomplished using a roadbook and also with GPS.

The three major competitive groups in rally raid are the motorcycle (moto) class, the car class, ranging from buggies to SUVs, and the T4 & T5 truck class.

The Moto class is divided between three groups. Group 1 is Marathon bikes, which are mildly modified production motorcycles, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 451 cc (28 cu in). Group 2 is Super-Production bikes, which are more substantially modified than Marathon bikes, subdivided between engines of greater and less than 451 cc. Group 3 is reserved for quads, and is subdivided between engines of greater and less than 500 cc.

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